Thanks for the quick reply Tim! I actually stumbled on this project during my research. If my understanding is correct, this requires access to an XenServer host. I unfortunately only have access to the CloudStack API and not the underlying XenServer hypervisor. Is it possible to use this tool without access to the XenServer?
---- Hany Fahim VM Farms http://vmfarms.com h...@vmfarms.com 1-866-278-0021 x700 Twitter: @vmfarms On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Tim Mackey <tmac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hany, > > Take a look at this: https://github.com/xenserverarmy/packer. I updated > it > last week for the changes in Packer 0.8.6, and have tested it with > XenServer 6.2 and 6.5. Here are the things you might want to know which > I've not updated in the README.MD: > > - There are two builders, xenserver-iso and xenserver-vm. xenserver-iso > creates an artifact from an ISO (requires a XenServer ISO SR and will > automatically download the ISO if not present). xenserver-vm creates an > artifact from a pre-existing VM which could be running. Both builders > assume an NFS SR is present (by-product of a limitation in an earlier > implementation). I plan on removing that requirement next week. > - Any provisioners you wish to define will work, provided they use the SSH > communicator. I'm still working on the WinRM communicator > - There is a cloudstack-xenserver post-processor which will upload the VHD > artifact to your CloudStack instance. It only requires API access. If the > CloudStack instance is remote, tell the post-processor to compress, > otherwise leave it uncompressed (faster) > > If you run into problems or have questions, just ask, and I do accept pull > requests. Since this is your first time with this project, I'm very > interested in any "first use" problems such that the README can be updated. > > -tim > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Hany Fahim <h...@vmfarms.com> wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I’m currently looking into adopting Packer <https://packer.io/> to build > > images for CloudStack easily. I’ve been looking in packer-cloudstack > > <https://github.com/schubergphilis/packer-cloudstack> plugin, but > > unfortunately there have been some backwards incompatible changes made to > > Packer that prevents this plugin from working. We do not have direct > access > > to the CloudStack installation we’re working with, and only have the API > > available to us. > > > > I’d like to ask the community if anyone else has got Packer to work in > some > > form with CloudStack? At the very least, we’re looking for a way for > Packer > > to produce VHD images that can be imported into CloudStack manually. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > ---- > > Hany Fahim > > VM Farms > > http://vmfarms.com > > h...@vmfarms.com > > 1-866-278-0021 x700 > > Twitter: @vmfarms > > >
